What is Onomatopoeia?

  Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in a word form like in the following poem.
Onomatopoeia
by Eve Merriam

The rusty spigot

sputters,

utters

a splutter,

spatters a smattering of drops,

gashes wider;

slash

splatters

scatters

spurts

finally stops sputtering

and plash!

gushes rushes splashes

clear water dashes.
Onomatopoeia click on speaker Students will view comic strips to identify examples of onomatopoeia. We have example of a jingle like the snap, crackle, pop jingle for Rice Krispies or the plop, plop, fizz, fizz for Alka Seltzer.

 Listen to Night Noises by Mem Fox and write down when you hear an onomatopoeia. Literature to support the Six Traits of Writing:Word Choice